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Dealing with a 'Culture of Fear'—Administrators on PD in the Age of Blended Learning

Edsurge

It’s pretty clear that very few people in education enjoy those typical sit-and-get professional development sessions. And when blended learning gets thrown into the mix, the situation gets even more complicated—what happens when educators seem afraid of products? Who should deliver PD, the administrators or the teachers?

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Robert has held various leadership and instructional roles in the field of education, with a focus on online and blended learning.

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A Framework for Blended PD (Part 1)

Shake Up Learning

As schools across the globe begin to plan for the new normal and redefine the school day and location, we must also rethink our professional learning plans for teachers and staff. I’m sharing a framework for Blended PD. I have put together a Blended PD Framework that I hope will help us approach this problem with purpose.

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

edWeb.net

Knowing the lack of digital access would severely impact the education of students in lower-income households, the district decided to empty the “Chrome carts,” used to bring Chromebooks to classrooms, and set up drive-through distribution points where students could receive computers and connectivity devices. Join the Community.

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How Education Elements Guides Districts in Creating Environments that Personalize Learning

Edsurge

During his work at KIPP Empower, Kim realized there was a need for providing a scalable way to support schools and districts with blended learning. The platform, now called “ Highlight ”, supports teachers and schools as they develop personalized learning environments by managing passwords, the sign-on process and data analysis.

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Is Your School "Future Ready"?

Graphite Blog

Likewise, find a school with poor school culture, and likely you will find a school that needs to reassess its leadership strategy. You can't control everything, but you can control your leadership strategy. Learn to define your own success in a meaningful way through data, digital citizenship, and the national PTA standards.

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Reinventing Math Class with EquatIO (Chrome Extension)

Shake Up Learning

Tech has been a powerful enabler for new approaches to learning over the last few years and digital methods are steadily transforming teaching, as traditional pedagogy gives way to more collaborative, interactive strategies. And it works on Windows, Mac and Chromebook, so it’s great for BYOD classrooms.

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